Celebrating International Women’s Day

Today is International Women’s Day and it got me thinking about inspiring women of the past and present. Over the past two years, I have highlighted inspirational writers from Maya Angelou to Mary Oliver on the JBBC blog. Last year to celebrate Women’s History Month, I wrote about the remarkable life and work of Marie Curie and her contribution to cancer treatment. Madame Curie’s life story is a story of personal determination and dedication to science.

Yet, much as I am moved by the example of these gifted women, it is the unsung heroines of everyday that truly inspire me. Those women who have shared their stories in my guest blog posts, in the comments they have left and in the blogs I regularly read. These women are the women I want to celebrate today.

So, let’s celebrate and recognize great women, not just this month, but all year long. Now tell me, who are the most inspiring women in your life?

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I am inspired by Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat, Pray, Love) and Maria Housden (Hannah’s Gift and Unravelled). They are both women who have sought to “tell the truth, tell the truth, tell the truth” about their very different life experiences. Both of them have faced an amount of criticism in the process for choosing paths which are different from the norm. They have opened up new possibilities for many women.

The most inspiring women to me are the women who authentic and real to not only themselves, but to others. Women, like yourself, who share the journey so others may learn, may be encouraged and may be inspired.

I am inspired by my Oncologist who has helped myself, and so many women who have had Breast Cancer! Also, I am inspired by all my past Chemo Nurses who really helped me get through with my one year and 2 months of Chemotheraphy! Stephanie

". . .and the world cannot be discovered by a journey of miles, no matter how long, but only by a spiritual journey, a journey of one inch, very arduous and humbling and JOYFUL, by which we arrive at the ground at our own feet, and learn to be at home."
Wendell Berry